Telegram-herald., 1887-07-25
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taxing tie river for sapp.y. and l 10 stia.
ahd b<l.eve today II - better xla nscFs
1caiIEy han the water froG " bat IS called
tha ssttiins oasin" 1 "a not know what
ths advocates u tAs setil4g bssin inlenA OF
e pect " water taat : c1ndQeled carried
tafosa or F2lued into CiSfsfn. pond. pool
or any piscs a here u i Il remain and sci
tie hui / do kB0w what the effect OF
allowing water 70 stand Rot0nless, without
any curreut or sSilAilca Is II IS = wsl
Snoan TACT that al pools OF waller, esps-
eislly al small o0'.ies OF w&ieI. bscOtas
siAsnznt and unhealthy. II se would
tske The water from the riFer above tns
ro4QarEs Home. ~ tie center Of The rlyeT Il
5uid, Ia my opinion De Es good pure
sweet. and healthy as the Ohio River any
place between Plttsbars aud sbe Aisslssipli
River AND here would ssk sny man os conl-
mon sense Il be thinks that Grand River l.
% much more ritay than other rivers?
Tie bOar.i ot Puellc Worss have already
spent considerable money and uue ia try
iu- 10 md water suuply Tor the ely.
willie Grand River has lowed right through
the center OF our city al, the time. offering
us an ample supply. leg the members OF
the Board are "wIecking their brains 10
Ind water supply.
believe our Board have spent nearly all
OF one summer. aud some money 10 ascer-
tain the water shed of this vicinity and
came out IN tie fail of that year with quite
pamphlet on the subject which II / re
member correctly. | found nothing better
than Indian Mill Greek" which, 10 pre-
pare for use, wous cost three or four hun
dred thousand dollar, and the construc-
ton oi an Immense frog pond IN the valley
OF the creek. and then the book ends with
the conclusion that the water InUst be
filtered for culinary purposes" If So why
not lake the river without all that ex-
pense?
| have been in some parts of the South
- use what seemed 10 me 10
very bad water, sometimes Crm across a
raglne II large fieid. and & pond OF water
above that dam that had stood there from
the SHOWS and rains OF the previous winter.
Now, ss regards Reeds Lake, after seeiIgit
or Saturday last would just rs soon have
the Kentucky artificial frog pond. as the
water OF Reeds Lake for culinary purposes.
lt il the nature Of water TO purify itself by
lis motion. running water IA a river or
stream does not slide along IN its bed like a
serpent on the ground, Drt il moves down
stream by constantly rolling, and any gas
cons fluids which may happen 10 be In the
water when Its motion Is begun, very soon
escapes from the surface OF The stream by
the continual rolling, and solids very 500
stOptE on bottom OF a stream and Is contin-
ually being macerated and ceansed of every
tning filthy. Therefore the Old adage
When water has passed over nine stones
IN the stream, il is then clsansed OF all iiiih'
one evening Al meeting Of the Kent Sci
eDiific Institute, The class on microscopy
had small vial OF water fresh from one Of
the hydrsn.s OF the city water works, and
single drop Of that wafer was pa, on the
slide, and ! think il was observed by ali
who were present. and think would
much prefer Grand River. rather than the
bydrant. ". {. COFrfSBERSY.